Planning and Sustainable Development in Indian Context
Madhya Pradesh Board · Class 12 · Geography
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What to Focus On
- Planning means thinking, making a scheme, and implementing actions for development.
- India first followed centralised planning after Independence.
- Planning Commission handled plan formulation at Centre, State and district levels.
- Target area planning addresses backward regions.
- Target group planning addresses specific disadvantaged groups.
- Command Area Development Programme is a target area programme.
- Hill Area Development Programme began during the Fifth Five Year Plan.
- It covered 15 districts in different hill regions.
- Backward hill areas are above 600 m and not covered under tribal sub-plan.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Planning and economic development are the same thing.
NITI Aayog and the Planning Commission are two names for the same institution.
Sectoral planning and regional planning mean the same thing.
Memory Tips
Planning as a process of thinking, making a scheme, and implementing actions to achieve a goal
NITI Aayog replacing the Planning Commission on 1 January 2015
Purpose of NITI Aayog: involving states in economic policy making and giving strategic and technical advice
Sectoral planning
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